BMIS 340

Molecular biology, the manipulation of organisms at the genetic level, has been essential for many of the key biological discoveries of the late 20thcentury and will drive the future of research and medicine for generations to come. This course will prepare students to view various techniques not as individual experiments, but as the steps and tools which can be linked together to make new discoveries and solve long standing problems of biology. An introduction to the underlying fundamental aspects of living systems: covering cell biology, genetics and the evolutionary processes which lead to complex, multi-cellular life forms.